KATE'S MYSTERY BOOK CLUB
4th Mondays, 2 pm, 2020
January 27
Mr. Penumbra's 24- Hour Bookstore- Robin Sloan (Susan)
February 24
A Better Man - Louise Penny (Gerry and Marti)
March 23
The Witch Elm- Tana French (Kate)
April 27
Fear Nothing - Lisa Gardner (Tony)
May 18 (note date change)
The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century - Simon Baatz (John)
June 22
Police - Jo Nesbo (Kate)
July 27
Murder on Trinity Place-Victoria Thompson (Jeanine)
August 24
The Last Equation of Isaac Severy -Nova Jacobs (Susan)
September 28
Redemption- David Baldacci (Marti)
October 26
Night Fire - Michael Connelly (John)
Nominations are due.
November 23
The Lost Girls of Paris - Pam Jenoff (Gerry) *voting will happen today or next week
December 21 (note date change)
A Turn of the Key - Ruth Ware (Roberta)
EVENING MYSTERY CLUB
4th Mondays, 7 pm, 2020
January 27
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins (Susan)
February 24
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good - Helene Tursten (Margaret)
March 23
The Silent Patient- Alex Michaelides (Mary Rose)An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good - Helene Tursten (Margaret)
April 27
High Tide Club - Mary Kay Andrews (Eileen O.)
May 18 (note date change)
Playing with Fire - Tess Gerritsen (Mary Rose)
June 22
Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz (Bonnie)
July 27
Earthly Remains - Donna Leon (Mary Rose)
August 24
The Shadow of the Wind -Carlos Ruiz Zaflon (Susan)
September 28
The Beautiful Mystery - Louise Penny (Pam and Donna)
October 26
Once Upon a River - Diane Setterfield (Pam and Donna)
Nominations are due today.
November 23
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens (Pam and Donna)
Voting will be November 23 or November 30
December 28
The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn (Pam and Donna)
Bonnie's Eclectic Book Group
1st Thursdays, 7 pm, 2020
January 2
The Au Pair - Emma Rous (Bonnie)
February 6
Bear Town - Frederik Backman (Giselle & Bonnie)
March 5
The Story of Ain't, It's Language, and the Most Controversial Dictionary Ever Published - David Skinner (Dorothy)
April 2
The Light Between the Oceans - M.L. Stedman (Beth)
May 7
Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz (Bonnie)
June 4
The Bee Keepers Apprentice, or On the the Segregation of the Queen - Laurie R. King (Dorothy)
July 2
The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens (Bonnie)
[Nominations for next year are due.]
August 6
Kingdom of the Blind- Louise Penny (Giselle)
August 13
Members will vote on next year's list.
September 3
The Only Woman in the Room - Marie Benedict (Dorothy)
BOOKS & BRUNCH
(ALSO KNOWN AS THE YUMMY BOOK CLUB)
Each class combines books and food. You may come whenever the subject appeals to you. (We will have books and movies for you to check out, available at the previous month's lunch, and held at the desk if you wish to pick them up later.)
2nd Sundays, 1 pm
August 11
WQED Day - Watch any Rick Sebak DVD and make any recipe from any Chris Fennimore cookbook.
September 8
Read/watch the book/movie "Julie and Julia," and make any recipe from any Julia Child cookbook.
October 13
Read any Edna Ferber novel, and make a recipe from that region of the country.
November 10
Read Anne Tyler's "Saint Maybe," and bring an appetizer to share.
December 8
Read Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," and bring a munchie for a Victorian Tea.
January 12
Read "City Baker's Guide to Country Living," a novel by Louise Miller, and make a recipe.
February 9
Read "Like Water for Chocolate," by Laura Esquivel, and make your favorite chocolate recipe.
March 8
Read "Out of the Dust," by Karen Hesse, and make any economical recipe (appropriate to The Depression).
April 19
Read a book about your favorite president, and make a recipe appropriate to that era.
May 3
Read " Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver, and make any recipe that includes a food that you would not want to live without.
June 14
Read 'Fried Green Tomatoes," by Frannie Flagg, and bring any dish suitable for a barbecue.
July 12
Watch "Ratatouille" and make any French recipe.
BONNIE'S AFTERNOON GROUP
2nd Thursdays, 3 pm, 2020
January 9
Adrift: A True Story of Love, Loss, and Survival at Sea (Nonfiction)
Tami Oldman Ashcraft (Joanne)
February 13
Flygirl (novel) - Sherri L. Smith (Bonnie)
March 12
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love - (biography)
Dava Sobel (Mary & Carolyn)
April 9
The Winter Garden (novel) - Kristin Hannah (Carolyn)
May 14
Need To Know - Karen Cleveland ( Mary)
June 11
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference ( sociology)
Malcom Gladwell ( Carolyn)
July 9
Beloved (novel) - Toni Morrison (Carolyn)
August 13
Astray (short stories) - Emma Donoghue (Bonnie)
September 10
Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters (literature)
Anne Boyd Rioux (Bonnie)
October 8
The Giver of the Stars (novel) - Jojo Moyes (Mary & Carolyn))
(Nominations are due for 2021)
November 12
Golden Hill (novel) - Francis Spufford (Bonnie)
November 19
Special meeting to vote for 2021 books
December 10
The Pioneers: the Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West (history) - David McCullough (Carolyn & Mary)
